Climate seminars for judges face funding trail probe amid fears of outside influence on courts

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A government watchdog group is pursuing a new possible paper trail to find out who is funding climate presentations for judges, filing public records requests for financial information that could reveal how outside advocacy groups influenced the presentations. Government Accountability & Oversight (GAO), a … Read more

Hot, dry and hurricane-scarred: How climate change fueled wildfires in Georgia and Florida

Wildfires raging this week in southern Georgia and northern Florida were fueled by a combination of hot and windy conditions, severe drought and dried-out vegetation from past hurricanes all feeding the blazes. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. It’s a combination climate scientists have been warning … Read more

Senate hopeful says US should be ‘far more cooperative’ with China to fight climate change

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Maine Democrat Graham Platner is vowing to pursue closer ties with China if elected to the Senate, arguing that the U.S. should be “far more cooperative” with the communist state on issues like climate change. “I think our position towards China should be one of cooperation instead … Read more

From 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio speaks at Paris Climate Accords signing ceremony

On April 22, 2016, the U.N. held a signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement, an international treaty aimed at curbing climate change, featuring several speakers from various nations, including actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio. Watch his full speech from the event. Source link

Leaked memos reveal how Supreme Court steamrolled Obama climate plan in 2016 showdown

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court’s emergency order blocking former President Barack Obama’s signature clean energy initiative in 2016 came after a series of leaked internal memos among the justices that revealed a fight along ideological lines about whether to intervene. The rare glimpse at the high court’s internal memos, … Read more

War, climate change and AI: What’s at stake at this year’s UN Indigenous forum

Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world’s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new extraction on ancestral lands, a U.S. administration that has made it increasingly difficult for Global South delegates to secure visas … Read more

As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals

ALBANY, N.Y. — Seven years ago, New York lawmakers set ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future. Now, with slow progress made and political realities shifting, Gov. Kathy Hochul is seeking a delay, saying she wants to save consumers money. Times have “ radically changed,” Hochul said, since … Read more